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Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA Bill: deliberations, with Minister
4 Sep 2018
The previous board of the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) got chopped because it was a law unto itself.
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Mr Siyabonga Cwele, brought this to light when he briefed the Committee about the status of the USAASA with regard to board ...
Arts and Culture
Resolution of outstanding issues: DAC Briefing
28 Aug 2018
The Committee asked the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) to deal with a number of matters which had been raised in the past and were of concern to the Committee. These were mainly related to challenges involving the South African Roadies Association, the Performing Arts Centre of the Free ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Grant payment challenges and readiness: SA Post Office briefing; IKAMVA Bill: deliberations
28 Aug 2018
The South African Post Office admitted it had a tendency to underestimate customer care.
It made this revelation when the Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services was trying to understand why people were complaining of not getting information and assistance from the entity when they had complaints.
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Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services met to deliberate on the IKamva National Bill. The discussion mainly centred on the definitions, the number of members required on the board, disqualification of politicians and public officials from the board, and the role of the Department in relation to the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA National E-Skills Institute Bill: consideration of submissions
14 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services could not consider and deliberate on submissions on the Ikamva National E-Skills Institute Bill. The Committee noted that it had received only four submissions but they were not substantive. The Chairperson pointed out that the Committee had followed all the constitutional procedures ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department Quarter 3 & 4 performance; iKamva National e-Skills Bill: briefing
29 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) briefed the Committee on its performance during the last two quarters of the 2017/18 financial year. It had achieved 76% of its targets in the third quarter, and 74% in the fourth, with the main reason for non-achievement being inter-dependencies.
Overall, the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect progress; USAASA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) updated Members on the progress made on SA Connect, and confirmed that it was working together with state-owned entities, Broadband Infraco (BBI) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to rollout SA Connect. The Committee was informed of the scope of Phase ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National E-Skills Institute Bill: briefing with Minister
15 May 2018
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services said the IKAMVA National E-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill sought to integrate the Department’s three e-skills development-related components -- the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa), the e-Skills Institute (e-Si) and the Institute for Space and Software Applications (ISSA). The Bill was ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SAPO & USAASA & BBI Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
The Committee heard briefings from the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA), the South African Post Office(SAPO) and Broadband Infraco (BBI) on their strategic and annual performance plans for 2018/19.
USAASA said the first of its strategic objectives was improved risk management services. The second was increased ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Status Update on SASSA Readiness: SAPO briefing; SAPO Turnaround, with Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Committee heard a status update from SAPO on its SASSA Readiness and a briefing on SAPO going forward.
SAPO: Status Update on SASSA Readiness
The Committee was concerned about the delay in the issuing of a banking license to the Post Bank. What. What were the Department’s concerns ...